Jabil (NYSE:JBL) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Jabil (NYSE:JBL) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 8.750-8.750 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 8.690. The company issued revenue guidance of $27.3 billion-$27.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $27.0 billion. Jabil also updated its FY25 guidance to $8.75 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

JBL has been the topic of several analyst reports. Barclays raised their target price on Jabil from $135.00 to $157.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, September 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on shares of Jabil from $137.00 to $133.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, September 3rd. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Jabil from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 27th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Jabil from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Finally, Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Jabil from $135.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $145.17.

Jabil Price Performance

Shares of NYSE JBL opened at $133.98 on Wednesday. Jabil has a twelve month low of $95.85 and a twelve month high of $156.94. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $129.98 and a two-hundred day moving average of $117.78. The company has a market capitalization of $14.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.16, a PEG ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.25.

Jabil (NYSE:JBL) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 18th. The technology company reported $2.00 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.88 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $6.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.61 billion. Jabil had a net margin of 4.81% and a return on equity of 42.64%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.60 earnings per share. As a group, analysts expect that Jabil will post 7.89 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Jabil Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th were issued a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 15th. Jabil’s payout ratio is 2.90%.

Insider Transactions at Jabil

In other news, EVP Frederic E. Mccoy sold 4,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $118.70, for a total transaction of $474,800.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 108,753 shares in the company, valued at $12,908,981.10. The trade was a 3.55 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Steven A. Raymund sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $124.70, for a total transaction of $2,494,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 139,108 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,346,767.60. This trade represents a 12.57 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 43,689 shares of company stock valued at $5,377,431 over the last three months. Company insiders own 1.73% of the company’s stock.

Jabil Company Profile

Jabil Inc provides manufacturing services and solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Electronics Manufacturing Services and Diversified Manufacturing Services. The company offers electronics design, production, and product management services; electronic circuit design services, such as application-specific integrated circuit design, firmware development, and rapid prototyping services; and designs plastic and metal enclosures that include the electro-mechanics, such as the printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA).